lie up


verb(intr, adverb)
  1. to go into or stay in one's room or bed, as through illness

  2. to be out of commission or use: my car has been lying up for months

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How to use lie up in a sentence

  • Chambers will lie up in Seal Cove for an hour or two, I reckon, if he has got down that far.

    The Rival Campers | Ruel Perley Smith
  • Meanwhile we had best lie up at the mouth of this place in case they should still be hidden here.

    Fair Margaret | H. Rider Haggard
  • Like a wounded lion, the Idaho was seeking a place where she could lie up and determine how badly she had been hurt.

    The Lost Warship | Robert Moore Williams
  • Greybrush was thoroughly frightened, and not daring to lie up in his own quarters, he had sought refuge in those of the badgers.

    Lives of the Fur Folk | M. D. Haviland
  • In case a mule gets sick, or goes lame, don't you see that the machine would have to lie up until we could get another team?